tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post2343556945436176817..comments2024-03-29T03:11:44.874-07:00Comments on LymeMD: HistoryLyme report: Montgomery County, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11035327980787631502noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-64473240185704551062011-11-29T12:45:49.527-08:002011-11-29T12:45:49.527-08:00I worked as an RN for 35 yrs, most of my friends a...I worked as an RN for 35 yrs, most of my friends are RNs or Nurse Practitioners. They have seen what I have gone through with my health, they have seen the improvement with treatment, they have seen my CDC/NYS positive Lyme WB...they have seen the permanent damage done to be by the unrecognized Lyme disease BUT<br /><br />They refuse to watch Under Our Skin, refuse to read any of the Lyme books or pamphlets I offer, refuse to see the difference between IDSA and ILADS guidelines, make me feel like I am a weakling and a uniquely affected individual while we are in an are of Central NY where fibromyalgia and MS are rampant.<br /><br />One friend gives Copaxone administration training to patients with MS, has even seen that a few now have been diagnosed with Lyme but refuses to learn about it.<br /><br />Several friends work on a peds unit where there have been atypical swollen knees or formerly productive teens who suddenly have "conversion disorders" or "atypical seizures". But the ELISA is negative so it is not Lyme.<br /><br />Heads in sand, refusal to learn, very sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-29574848204072742102011-11-26T20:16:44.111-08:002011-11-26T20:16:44.111-08:00Yay! I get to be the first to comment! Thanks fo...Yay! I get to be the first to comment! Thanks for posting. Good to hear from you!<br /><br />While my husband was going to grad school at Stanford Business School I fell quite ill with what I now know to be Lyme Disease. My best friend there, who was sick herself told me all about Lyme Disease because she struggled with air hunger, chest pains and was in the ER alot. She told me that anxiety and depression and body aches are symtoms of Lyme. It went in one ear and out the other. The people I had known with lyme had been on death's door - one with what was thought to be hepatitis C and not until his son came to the hospital 3 weeks later was he checked for lyme because his son, a doctor, suggested it. My other friend had a lyme-disease induced heart attack after getting a bulls-eye rash. Yet another went unconscious and hit his head on the bathtub - it was lyme. Me, I just became paralyzed with fear and anxiety, woke up in panic attacks and went nearly crazy from it. Vitamins and supplements from advanced nutritional testing brought me into more equilibrium.<br /><br />This was 4 years ago. Just 4 months ago, I was tested for Lyme after putting off the testing for over a year. My naturopath had suggested due to my symptoms that it may be Lyme but thought no way. I have watched Under Our Skin. I didn't see much emphasis on the anxiety, depression side of things. For me, I would have checked for lyme WAY, WAY sooner if I understood that anxiety and depression were COMMON side effects. Never did I know, even after living in upstate New York that my symptoms were common to Lyme. <br /><br />Great to hear from. <br />LittleMIssLymeLMLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16067259609139153148noreply@blogger.com